We've been striving for both, since we were taught that we should. In the meantime, in all this time, we've achieved neither, simply because we haven't mastered the basics that serve as the prerequisites to gaining both of these things.

Until we get off this "black", "african american", afroamerican", "afrobrit", afrobrazillian", "afrika[n]" and get to the point where it's "Don't even go there! I am an African!", don't none of the other stuff matter! (Except insofar as it brings us to a "table" to talk about things! Gotta start somewhere!)

Until we get off this "black", "african american", afroamerican", "afrobrit", afrobrazillian", "afrika[n]" and get to the point where it's "Don't even go there! I am an African!", don't none of the other stuff matter! (Except insofar as it brings us to a "table" to talk about things! Gotta start somewhere!)